Christgau Consumer Guide

BAD BRAINS: "Rock For Light" (PVC):: Mediocre hardcore you can ignore, especially if you lie in an area where they dig up the street a lot; hardcore of a certain quality you love or hate. More than exfusioneer Dr. Know on "gits," it's the distinctive if not exactly authoritative blackboardscreechy "throat" of H.R. that provides the quality here, and I like it, kind of.